Electrical behavior of low density polyethylene containing an inhomogeneous distribution of ZnO nanoparticles

J. I. Hong; L. S. Schadler; R. W. Siegel; E. Mårtensson

doi:10.1007/s10853-006-0331-1

Electrical behavior of low density polyethylene containing an inhomogeneous distribution of ZnO nanoparticles

J. I. Hong, L. S. Schadler, R. W. Siegel, E. Mårtensson

Department of Physics and Chemistry

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Abstract

ZnO nanoparticles were mixed with low density polyethylene (LDPE) to form nanocomposites. The distribution of ZnO filler particles was controlled by changing the mixing method, and the effects of controlled inhomogeneous distribution on the electrical resistivity were measured. The percolation limit in the composites with controlled inhomogeneity decreased significantly compared to that of the analogous nanocomposites with uniform filler distributions, and the resistivity of the filled composites decreased as a function of applied field strength, exhibiting a nonlinear I-V relationship. The nonlinearity increased with ZnO filler concentration.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5810-5814
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Materials Science
Volume	41
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-006-0331-1
State	Published - Aug 2006

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Acknowledgement We acknowledge ABB for funding this work and Nanophase Technologies Corporation for donating nanoparticles. This work was supported in part by the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Initiative of the National Science Foundation under NSF Award Number DMR-0117792.

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